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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Congratulations ! 4
Over 50 Years Ago 4
Hustler BTV antennas 5
You gotta be kidding me...... 6
Basic Assembly and Enhanced Operating Assembly 6
Chapter 2 - General Information
Warning 7
Overhead Power Line Safety 7
Basic Tools Required 7
Assembly Notes 7
Chapter 3 - Common Starting Information
Installation Sequence 8
Site Selection 9
Mounting Pipe 9
Concrete or No Concrete – That is THE Question 10
Coaxial Cable to Mounting Pipe 11
Chapter 4 - Some Really Good Information
Get the Best Performance From Your New Quarter-Wave Vertical Antenna 11
Some Brief Words on Ground Mounting, Elevated Mounting, and Radial Wires 12
How to Put Radial Wires Down Without Digging 13
Radial System Considerations 14
Chapter 5 - Basic BTV Assembly
Assembling Vertical Aluminum Antenna Sections & Element Clamps 17
Hustler Base Assembly 19
Hustler 4 BTV - Package Contents & Assembly 20
Hustler 5 BTV - Package Contents & Assembly 22
Six Blade Spider for the 4-BTV and 5-BTV only 24
Three Blade Spider for the 5-BTV only 24
80 Meter Resonator and Whip Installation for the 5-BTV and 6-BTV 24
Hustler 6 BTV - Package Contents & Assembly 25
Mating the Vertical Sections to the Base Section 27
Installing Radials & Feedline on the Hustler Base 28
Coax RF Choke 29
Basic Tuning 29
Chapter 6 - DX Engineering Enhanced Antenna Systems
Special Hustler BTV Packages Available from DX Engineering 30
Radial Plate to Mounting Pipe 32
Attaching Ground Radial Wires to the Radial Plate 33
Tilt Base Mounting Plate to Mounting Pipe 34
BTV Antenna Base Section to Tilt Base 34
Testing the Tilt Base 35
Alternate Feedpoint Connections 36
The DXE-VFCC-H05-A Vertical Feedline Current Choke 37
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